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Kamenetz's risky pension bet
Would you borrow money to pay off your mortgage and instead risk it in the market? That is in essence what Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz would like to do by floating $255 million of pension obligation bonds to fill the official hole in the...
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Interior Policy, Federal Reserve, Kevin Kamenetz, Pension and Welfare
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City school credit, procurement cards show culture of spending
Despite tightening school budgets and a perpetual rallying cry for more funding, Baltimore school administrators spent roughly $500,000 during the past year and a half on expenses such as a $7,300 office retreat at a downtown hotel, $300-per-night stays...Tags: Walmart, Corporate Officers, Fells Point, Finance, Inner Harbor
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Environmental activists rally for fracking conference
Environmental activists met Saturday at the University of Baltimore to organize a push for a legislative ban on the natural gas drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing — or fracking — casting the issue as a fight pitting the little...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Garrett County, Energy Resources, Martin O'Malley, Activism
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Marylanders brace for taxes as part of 'fiscal cliff' deal
Regardless of whether the president and Congress strike a deal or take the nation headfirst over the "fiscal cliff," federal taxes for some Marylanders will increase next year — and under some scenarios the pain could be worse than in other states....
Tags: Federal Income Tax, Taxation, Republican Party, Unemployment Benefits, Maryland Chamber of Commerce
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Harford County police blotter: Shots reported fired in Aberdeen
Aberdeen Aberdeen police report: A brush fire was reported last Thursday at Route 715 and Hickory Drive. Someone broke a windshield on a vehicle Friday at West Bel Air Avenue and Baltimore Street. Money and medicine were stolen by a known suspect...Tags: Walmart, Aberdeen, Roxbury, Theft, Woodbridge
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American Express ordered to refund $85M to consumers
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Monday that it had ordered three subsidiaries of American Express to refund about $85 million to roughly a quarter-million consumers for violating consumer protection laws. In addition, several federal...Tags: American Express Company, Consumers, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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City Council takes symbolic stand against youth jail
The Baltimore City Council took a symbolic stand Monday against the construction of a proposed new $70 million juvenile jail in East Baltimore. Twelve of 14 council members signed on as co-sponsors of Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young's...
Tags: Rochelle Spector, Prisons, Bernard C. Young, Edward L. Reisinger III, Martin O'Malley
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Support, opposition voiced to James Run project at Harford council hearing
More than 50 people came in support and opposition of the controversial James Run Corporate Campus development project during a public hearing before the Harford County Council's regular legislative meeting in Bel Air Tuesday evening. Many of those...
Tags: Government, Local Government, Harford County, Civil and Public Service, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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CFPB proposes making it easier for unemployed spouses and partners to get credit cards
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing a change to the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act so that stay-at-home spouses and partners can get a credit card. The 2009 requires banks to determine whether applicants...Tags: Unemployment, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Should the IRS report unpaid income taxes to credit bureaus?
Would people be more likely to pay their taxes if they knew the IRS would report unpaid liabilities to credit bureaus, thereby damaging their credit scores? Congress is considering that. The Government Accountability Office released a report last...Tags: Personal Income, Credit Ratings, Internal Revenue Service
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Counseling service offers free shredding Oct. 20
If you throw away documents with personal information on them, those papers could be stolen and eventually, so can your identity. That’s why identity theft experts suggest that consumers shred papers with sensitive information, such as bank account...Tags: Personal Data Collection, Social Security, Theft, Interior Policy, Towson
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Mayor plans tax credit for downtown apartments
The Baltimore SunMayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake intends to introduce legislation to the Baltimore City Council that would provide a 15-year tax break to apartment developments in downtown. The mayor announced the news at the annual meeting of the Downtown Partnership...Tags: Local Government, Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, Kirby Fowler, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Rentals
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